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STAT

U.S. center-left (health and life-sciences trade news)

STAT is a health, medicine and biotech news outlet owned by Boston Globe owner John W. Henry. It is funded mainly by paid STAT+ subscriptions. It is not an openly ideological outlet, but its reporting on Trump administration health policy, including HHS under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., tends to be skeptical and focused on scientific and institutional concerns.

Owned byOwned by John W. Henry, who also owns The Boston Globe. It is produced under Boston Globe Media, and Henry's wife Linda Henry is a co-founder.

LeaningU.S. center-left (health and life-sciences trade news)

On the administrationbroadly critical

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3.1average bias score across 14 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

Stories

2 Court Preliminarily Approves Plan to Pay Consumers From $96.5 Million in Generic Drug Price-Fixing Settlements; NC Attorney General Urges Claims by March 8, 2027
5 FDA-Approved mRNA Flu Shot Has No CDC Recommendation While a Court Order Keeps the Vaccine Advisory Panel From Meeting
4 Federal Judge Issues Nationwide Injunction Against DHS Rule Capping Student and Journalist Visa Stays
5 WFP Asks for $101 Million for Congo Ebola Response, Citing 5,500 Cases and 2,642 Deaths in the Outbreak's First 100 Days
2 Amgen Shares Fall About 10% After Novartis Says Pelacarsen Missed Its Main Goal in a Phase III Heart Trial
4 Nine More Drugmakers Sign Medicaid Most-Favored-Nation Deals, Bringing White House Total to 26
2 Four Major U.S. Medical Groups Issue Their Own Fall Flu, COVID and RSV Vaccine Guidance
2 Moderna and Merck Say mRNA Melanoma Therapy Met Phase 3 Endpoints; Moderna Stock Closes Up 177%
3 CMS Finalizes Rule Ending Federal Medicaid and CHIP Payment for Gender-Transition Care for Minors, Effective October 13
4 100% U.S. Tariff on Patented Drug Imports Takes Effect for Major Drugmakers
3 CDC Extends Ebola Entry Restrictions and Airport Screening for Travelers From DRC, Uganda and South Sudan Through August 12
4 CMS Will End Medicare Part D Premium Stabilization Program After 2026
2 Fauci Testifies Under Subpoena at Senate COVID-Origins Hearing After Paul Releases 1,100 Pages of His Diaries
2 West Health-Gallup Survey Reports 24% of U.S. Workers Stay in Jobs to Keep Health Insurance